| The anaesthetist will also use strong painkilling drugs to control pain during and after surgery. |
| About half of these people were treated with twice-daily doses of a painkilling drug called diclofenac, applied to the affected knee. |
| Neuro-imaging shows that this deception stimulates the production of naturally occurring painkilling chemicals in the brain. |
| There are also painkilling tablets available that contain the drug, hyoscine, that may help prevent the muscle contractions. |
| The tube is usually connected to an automatic pump, and the painkilling drug is passed through the tube every hour to keep the lower body numb. |
| It is carried out by an anaesthetist and involves injecting local anaesthetic or painkilling drugs into the epidural space that surrounds the spinal cord. |
